As the 2024 Presidential Election closes with a win from President Trump, the people can look back at the very irregular election campaigns. Candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were very busy promoting their campaigns this year. Although these candidates are running for a federal office, the highest office a person can hold in the US, they do not promote themselves traditionally.

Instead of debates against their opponent, the candidates have decided to promote themselves through public stunts like going on Saturday Night Live or serving food at McDonalds. This would be fine if the stunts were accompanied by debates, but there have only been two presidential debates this year, which is fewer than usual. To make the statistic worse, the first debate was when President Biden was still running in the 2024 election. This means that there has only been one debate between the final candidates.

Whether you agree with the importance of debates or not, the fact remains that this is highly irregular for an election. It seems as if our society is skewing more towards short and cheap public stunts than the more informative and meaningful discussions. Public stunts do not examine the candidate’s policies or future plans as president; they’re just there to grab people’s attention in any way they can. Unfortunately, this looks to be the future of elections.